Improvement in portable mosquito-bars



A. A. COW-ING.. Portable Mosquito-Bars'.

No. 199,695. Patented 1an. 249.1878.

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UNTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT A. OOWING, OF WATKINS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE MOSQUITO-BARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,695, dated January29, 1878; application filed July 17,- 1877.

To alt whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALBERT A. GowING, of Watkins, in the county ofSchuyler and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Portable Mosquito- Bars; and I do hereby declare 4thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to portablelmosquito bars, having for its objectto furnish a device which can be carried with the user in a trunk, orotherwise, by which means travelers may carry with them a cheap andconvenient protection against mosquitos and flies, one not liable to getout of repair, convenient in use,

and can be used by any one; and it -consists in the bar, as will behereinafter more fully described.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig. 2 is abottom view, showin g the frame folded. i

A represents an upright standard, which is hinged to a base, B, so thatthe base may be turned outward and folded up against the standard A. Y

O O represent two transverse arms, hinged to the base, which may befolded up against the standard A.

At the top of the standard A is hinged the bar D, extending forward on aline,parallel with the bar B. This bar D is so hinged that it can beraised upward and folded down to the back side of the standard A.

To the bar D are pivoted bars E E E E, more or less, as desired, whichstand out in a transverse position, and serve to spread and support thenet when in use, but which, by means of their pivot, may be turned inbeneath the bar D when the device is not desired for use, but packed fortransportation.

F represents the net, which is secured only -to the outside of the barsC, so that when the device is to be folded the net is turned upward andoutward over the frame, the bars E are turned inward under the bar D,the barD is turned upward and downward to the rear of the standard A,the bar B is turned downward and upward to the rear of the standard A,and the'bars C are turned upward to the sides of the standard A, andthus-the entire frame-work is folded to form a single straight piece,around which the net is wrapped.

It will thus be seen that by this device a person may be furnished witha cheap portable frame for a mosquitonet, which may be packed in atrunk, or otherwise conveyed, at

` the convenience of the traveler.

When in use the bar or base B is placed beneath the pillow, and the barsC rest on the back of the pillow, between the pillow or pili lows andhead-board, when used upon a bed, which furnish all the necessary meansof supporting the device in a proper position; and it may be used upon acot, or in camping out, and supported entirely by the pillow or otherarticle resting -upon the base B, which will furnish all the supportdesired.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l. The bar or base B, in combination with the standard A and a suitableframe-work for i ALBERT A. COWING.

Witnesses ARTHUR T. SmNNEin R. W. SHEWMAN.

